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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26

- often wondered how such big
bustles as some of the girls wear to tho
shop ever keep in place in the straight
back chairs we have to sit in; but tho
other day l saw how this was done. A
young lady in q certain department.
had three rounds in 6,s back of her
chair taken out, thus enabling the pro-
iections TO project Waltham Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26

Curious visitor, who has just en-
tered the study of hurried literary
man-"Ah, yes, the world is always in
terested in the way writers live. Tell
me, now, when do you feel bestp"
Writer-"When I'm alone."-Arkaa-
saw Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Slight Earthquake Irsmors.

CHARLESTON, s. c., March l7.-There
were two slight earthquake tremors here
about nine o'clock this morning. They
were also felt at Summerville, and were
heavier there than in this city, although
no damage was done in either place.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Honor 10 Buffalo Bill.

OMAHA, NEB., March IS. : Governor
Thayer has commissioned W. F. Cody (Buf.
falo BilD as aid-de-camp ON his staff, with
the rank of Colonel and also as Commits
sioner of the State of Nebraska to the
American Exhibition in London.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Former Extradited.

TORONTO, ONT, March 1S.-E. II. McDuf.
fie, the absconding forger from Texas, left
here tonight, accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff PETERS, of Dallas Texas, for the
scene of his offcnsc, President Clevcland's q
warrant for his extradition having arrived
tO-dny ,t
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
They Care Not for Tho Kaiser

WABASH, IND, March 1s.-Two German
employees of furniture company are in re.
ceipt of notice from the War Department
of tho Fatherland to report at once for mil.
itary duty on penalty OF having their
property contiscated. Both decline to re-
turn, however.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Mexican Veteran Hanas Himself.

COLUMBIA, S. c., March 16.-Wm. Paxton,
of Lancaster County, veteran of the
Mexican war, despairing of receiving a
pension, committed suicide to-day by hang
ing himself to tree near his house.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
FOUGHT THE FIGHTERS.
scenes mt Mexican Bull Fight Not Down
on the Programme.

on the Programme.
San RAFAEL, MEX, March 17.-A bull
fight took place here yesterday in the pres
encc Of fully $1,000 people, none Of whom
had paid less than - for seat or standing
room. Tho bulls refused to fight and final
ly the spectators burst into the ring and
made an indiscriminate attack upon tho
bulls and the fighters with chairs and
other convenient missiles. The troops
were called upon to suppress the riot and
several times were compelled to charge
the crowd with drawn sabers before the
maddened people would desist from their
attack upon the bull fighters. The people
resisted the soldiers and large numbers OF
the former, more or less wounded, wero
arrested.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Highway Robbery and Murder.

CHICAGO, March l8.-At one O'clock this
morning John Doty was crossing the Dock
street viaduct when he was assaulted by
two men, who struck him on the head with
q club, knocking him down and fracturing
his skull. After riding his pockets the
thugs fled, leaving no clew to their iden.
tity. f.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
HEAVY Earthquake al summeryiIIe.

CHARLESTON, s. G., March lS.-A dispatch
from Summerville says that an earth.
quake shock at o'clock this evening was
the worst that has occurred in two months.
1t causes some excitement, because it was
thought to be severe enough to do the
town some damage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Extra Session Virginia LEGISLATURE.

RICHMOND, March 16.-The Virginia
Legislature is holding an extra session.
The Governors message, sent to-day,
recommends the appointment of COM
mission to consider the State debt, and
recommends other measures.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
A New CONSTRUCTION Of ths Law.

PITTSBURGH, March 16.-The Penrsyl.
vania Railroad Company has constr ued
the Interstate commerce law to prohibit
the issuance of free passes for traffic or
travel from one State to another, but not
to prohibit it within the State lines. The
road will act accordingly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
BALD Knobbers" Arrested.

ST. LOUIS, March 16.-Christian County,
No., is greatly excited over the murder Of
Charles Green and William Eden by BALD
Knobbers," an organized lawless gang.
Thirteen of them have been arrested.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Alexander Has The Call.

LONDON, March 20.-Tho Posts Vienna
correspondent says: A majority Of the
Bulgarian delegates are resolved to re-
elect Alexander King OF Bulgaria just
as soon as the Regents deem it opportune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Enainear and Eireman KilIsd.

MARIETTA, O., March 16.-The engine Of
train on the Marietta, Columbus and
Northern road jumped the track at Reddy
Trestle, killing II. Lisle Vincent, engineer,
and Albert Boothby, fireman, and injuring
three Others
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26

TAMPA, FLA, March ia tornado swept
through town late tonight, destroy ing
several houses. Two children were killed,
one woman was fatally injured, and SOW
eral persons wore seriously hurt. The
pecunlary loss IL about $4,000 .S
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Sentenoed Ia Nanu.

Or. LOUIS, NO., March 15,-Henry Land
grafd, who was convicted in the criminal
court last week OF numbering his sweet
heart, Annie Tisch, in March, 1885, was
sentenced this morning 70 30 hanged
April 20.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
keuro Lynched.

NASHVILLE, March ia masked mob
broke into the jail and compelled the jailer
to produce VIM. Hardy, mulatto, charged
with the muraer Of u white man last fall,
and hanged him to O tree.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Juvenile Murder.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March 17.--William
Baxley, colOred boy aged sixteen years,
was stabbed to the heart and killed by
three small colored boys this afternoon.
The murderers escaped.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Exploring Expedition .

| OTTAWA, March 18.-The Canadian Gov
ernment has decided to send an exploring
expedition to Hudson's Bay this year
to report on the question Of its naviga-
4 bility
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Store and Safe Robbed.

MARION, IND, March 16.-Last night Mt
4Sweeter, this county, burglars blew open
the safe in the store Of VIM. Brown and
secured $780, They also carried of $lOO
worth of goods.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Ono Hundred Thousand Dollars wronq.

MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, March 2O.-S. H.
Baker, a real estate dealer here, has dis
appeared, and is said to be 100000 wrong
in his accounts with the stockholders Of
the United States Mortgage Trust and De-
benture Company, Of which he was presi-
dent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
A Noble Beauest.

NEW YORK, March 16.-Jose Sevilla, Of
Lima. Peru, has left $5OO, 900 for the estab.
lishment IN New York of an institution for
the education of poor girls.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
Two Farmers Killed by Cars.

ST. LOUIS, March 16.-Robert Furnace
and Jesse Jennings, two farmers, while
crossing the railroad track about mile
from Nokomis, ILL.,, in wagon, last even
ing, were struck by train and instantly
killed
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
French Duty on Corn.

PARIS, March 1S.-The committee of tho
Chamber of Deputies having the matter in
charge has fixed the import duty on corn
at three francs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26

English sparrow is said to bo
not only becoming acclimated in Maine.
but to be growing white.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

state - not snowy metal, not near as snowy
as the slittcring yciiowish pyrites of iron,
which 50 often by the inexperienced has beer
mistaken for the genuine ore
A man, long out OF luck, stroiled one morn.
ing in an aimlcss inooi Of mind out Of the
town OF Columbia, Tuolumne county. lie
sat down under a tree and with his stick com.
menced pokins and prying at a rusty looking
bowlder in the soil before him. As he con.
tinued to poke and pry dull yellowish bit OF
color appeared beneath the coating of reddish
rust with which the lump was covered-rust
accumulated during its long rest from tn.
iron permeated soil. He examined more
closely, and found himself i'll possession Of
nugget, nearly all gold, and worth abou,
$1,000.
The big strikes which came under my o..
servation were all the result of similar acci-
dents-as at Chambers Bar on the Tuo-
lumne, where the seeming misfortune of
breaking reservoir led TO n rush Of water over
ground whero no gold was supposed to bc,
and in the deep furrow cut by the water
there on the ledge lay coarse gold, as on
the Mnriposa trail, where one day a luckless
man, packing grub and blankets, sat on bit
Of white, jagged rock To eat his dinner. ami
after eating and while smoking he idly pried
with his jack knife bits from tho rotten
ledge and found one of the richest quartz
veins in the state: rs at the Rawhide Ranch
claim in Tuolumne, where the long continued
winter rains OF 1872 lfifty-nine consecutive
days of drizzle and hard showers, all the le, cl
country under water, landslips everywhere,
communication cut OH with Stockton and
-four at 800 per barreN--well this caussl
cave Of drrt in bank claim supposed 20 bs
worked out, and revealed thousand. AMI
thousands Of dollars in coarse, ragged humps,
just as 1t had fallen out of the rotted quartz
matrix. A famous professor came q few
months afterward, made a survey of some
ground adjoining, pronounced it rich,
pocketed his 81 800 fee, and on that grounI
and on the strength Of that survey certain
capitalists built expensive mining works. and
when passed by them years afterward the
squirrels and woodpeckers only held pos
session, for the professor could not sec under
ground any better than any one else, and
have always noticed that it is the unlearnet,
unscientific, ragged, often reckless PRO
spector' who finds the lead" first, and the
professor comes along and tells why il
should be found there afterward
PRENTICE NULFoRD
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

tain to be speedily passed upon and aban-
doned or pushed forward as its merits strike
him In this lies the secret Of his success.
Whatever he touches becomes instinct with
life.
Mr.. Eleins is n millionaire. Some place
his wealth at 5000. 900, others at larger
sum: but 50 much of his property has pros
pective and fuctuating value merely that he
himself could scarcely figure it correctly
His domestic life is simple and happy For
tunate in the possession Of superb health and
exuberant spirits, he inspires every one
around him with good nature. He is born
optimist. In height about six feet four, Of
fine physique and ruddy, boyish face. one
would hardly recognize in the man the Steve
Elkins OF 50 much newspaper notoriety. He
has been married twice. and has seven chill
drcn-two daughters by his first wife and
four sons and a daughter as the fruits Of O
second marriage His second wife, daugh-
ter Of ex-senator Davis, Of West Virginia, is
o charming and accomplished woman. She
was ct one time a reigning belle in the high
est social circles Of Washington, and she still
Is remarkably beautiful. Her life is devoted
to Lcr children, and she is seen bu. seldom in
public placas or social gatherings In Now
York.
During the summer months Mr.. Elkins
lives at beautiful Deer Park, In o handsome
cottage Gear the residence of his wifes father.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24
STEPHEN B. ELKrys' HOME.

sort for people living in Baltimore and
Washington. Hero he lives life Of COM
parative ease, spending his days in driving
through the beautiful mountainous districts
surrounding his home, or in literary pleas
nres He is a remarkable reader, menoriz-
ing whole passages at o single purusal.
From May until November he remains
at Deer Park, paying an occasional visit to
New York to look after his immense business
interests. The winter months he passes in
New York. His city house Is of plain ex-
terror, but inside every article Of furniture
and ornament gives evidence Of lavish but
refined tasts. His library upon the second
floor contains many rare and valuable books.
He is aHistantly adding new volumes to it.
and, w0At is more, reads them before they
go un.n the shelves There is no need here
for bousemaid's duster. The books are not
allowed to remain upon the shelves long
enough for dust to settle upon them
Whenever Mr.. Blaine comes to New York
no visits Mr. Elkins. The friendship between
them is warm and Of q personal nature.
Few people are aware that Mr.. Elkins is a
man Ct large and charitable nature. Few
worthy people appeal to him in vain for as
sistance. When accosted by tramp upon the
street he never brushes the unfortunate aside,
but stops and gives him money. Mr.. Elkins is
a member of the Union League and Repub-
lican clubs, but rarely visits them. He has no
taste for the lounging life Of q club fre-
quenter. He is a man Of affairs. Idlenes is
antagonistic to his nature. Whatever he
has in hand calls forth all his energies,
whether it be the organization Of railroad
or the management Of q political campaign
JYa hoe 10 bar
drinks, excepting little wine At table. and
SO is always in possession Of unclcuded facul-
ties He lives inexpensively for man of his
large means, and is rapidly rolling up a
fortune to bequeath to his children. Although
only 46 years OF age almost every public man
in the country knows him, and wherever he
goes he is continually receiving and return
inS salutations. His memory Of faces, and
events connected with them is as remarkable
as any other Of his intellectual gifts.
J. p RITTER, IN
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

One Of the most striking changes IN the
senate, however, is in tho employees, and tho
absence OF Ben: Perley Poore is most noted
For fifty years his rotund form has been seen
about Washington, and his kind blue eyes
have twinklcd while he told stories in the
senate lobbies end over the Washington din
ncr tables He Is gone now, and his place is
taken By bright young fellow who seems to
be his physical opposite in almost every re-
spect. Poore's successor is William II. Mich
ael. Of Grand Island, Neb. He is an Ohio
boy, and comes originally from Marysviile.
Ho was educated at the State University OF
I,wa, and he was teaching school when the
war broke out. Ho served in the Union army,
tut was wounded at the battle Of Shiloh and
discharged As soon as he recovered he was
given a masters mate commission in the
United States navy, and was made an ensign
for gallant conduct on the Recommendation
Of Rear Admiral Porter. When the war
closed he acted for time as land surveyor in
Iowa, then became city editor Of The
Sioux City Daily, and in 1875 took editorial
charge Of The Nebraskan, ut North Platte,
Neb. He then bought Tho Nebrlska
Tribune. at Fremont, and while running
this established The Sidney Plaindealer. He
inca Deoin 10 practlce LAW, anu was D part
ner Of Governor Abbott He has always
been q strong Republican, and has canvassed
Nebraska in nearly every campaign for the
last ten years. He is president Of the naval
organization Of Nebraska, and is the author
Of history Of the Mississippi squadron. He
has written drama entitled Scenes in the
United States Jus. Before the Firing Upon
Sumter, and he has also published very
strong pamphlet on ''Ireland as She Was
and ireland asShc Is" He got out the con.
gressional directory Of tho Fiftieth congress
on tho first day of tho session, and he Is now
engaged on q codification of the printing laws
Of the United States. He is hustler from
Hustlersville, and his short, little frame !.
full of nervous energy. He has bIiSh. eye.
Q broad forehead, a sandy mustaclse and
genial manner, and the selection Of him f.r
the position has been a most happy cne i
took a Sketch of him as he set in Ben: Perley
Poore's seat today. Ho don't weigh half as
much as Poore did, but the above description
will show that he will be able to do fully q
much work THOMAS J, Tom
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24
DIGGING FOR GOLD.
The Often Invisible Element of Bound
less Wealth.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
HAWKINS BAR, Tuolumne County, Cal
DEC. 81 worked in these long PLAYED
out" diggings in 1862, twenty-five years ago
1t was here learned to be a practical gold
miner. so far as surface dggings' so; and
as to surface diggings (which involve only
one branch Of gold mining, a man may b
an expert in one county and have at least
part of his trade to learn over again in the
next, so much and SO suddenly do the condi
tions and characteristics of soil supposed fa
vorable to tue presence Of gold alter. He
may be a good river miner and quite un.
skilled in up country" or dry digginss. Hn
knowledge in washing gold from tho soil may
be Of little use in quartz gold mining. and
none at all in working silver ore. Mining
has also its specialties as well as law OF
medicine.
Gold, as a rule, is the last thing you viii
see in gold bearing soil. You may have il
under Your feet at the rate of 800 to the
bucketful of dirt, and not grain will you
see, unless that soil happens to be furrowed
by q recent rain. Then il a stream Of water
has cut it away, washing it clean to the
ledge, you may see lying thereon tho dull
yellow bits, and you may take them for btu
Of brass or brass filings. Gold in its native
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24
sspouincation and scrubbin..

There are bath fanatics who ignorantly
think that life without an epidermis is the
only desirable form of existence, The
raptures Of saponiiication and OF scrub
bing are all very well as a luxury, though
the inunctions of the Roman therma wero
better. because the oil used after the bath
supplied some protection to the abraded
skin. But the fury of Tubing is only for
the strong. and even the strong. if they
practice their rites in malarious coun-
try, have been observed 20 sicken sooner
than those who have contented them
selves with cleansing. and have not gone
on to cxcoriation.--Dr. Titus Munson
Coan in Harper's.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

to TUSCANY, and in THE LATE LORD LYONS
the following November succeeded to his
fathers title on the lattera ieath.
It was Lord LYONS tori. Ne to represent his
government during two .reat commissions
the one in America, the other in France. T.
have been the REPRESENTATIVE of a powerful
nation at either country passing through one
of these great crises world alone he snfr,.
c;ent n, mako his ,,,,,ns bistor;,. I'm, f,,,v mon
hor, 49,, -. ,.a1,a1 =. an 80, .,,,,, ;.. ~" -
"a, '-.e. " ~ wv so.n I'M itan'
a'l'onia''c PNs'' WITHIN single decade.
LORD Lyons was accredited to this country IN
December, 1S5S, thus having two years in
which to study America and Americans b.
fore the storm al war burst in 1861. His COY.
ornr,.r, ,- a, Jc,s. I.r,,, ,,,,,o,.;o,, - a..
D.. - - - ..on "a .He
nfi'isn Pe'Pfe' was nos.',e 10 .ne hoitn' out
toe WISDOM oi rreside'is Lincoin ana Tn. tact
and shrewdness of Secretary Seward found
an able ally in Lord Lyons, and all working
In harmony succeeded in averting anv breach
bs.twaan the two countries dur;nc that tr,,;n,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

schemes and pro-
jecting plans.
Lands in New
NJ exico, silver
mines, railroads
completed and in
process OF con-
struction, coal
mines and real os-
tate in West Nir-
ginia demand in
turn his closest at
tention. In FORM
ing an opinion he
is remarkably &C
curate and unwav-
ering.
A project placed
in his hands is GER
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24
STEPHEN B. ELkINS.
THE FRIEND OF JAMES G. BLAINE
DESCRIBED BY A CORRESPONDENT.
Business and Literature Divide His
Time - His Fine Physique and His
Excellent Heaith-Hfs Home In New
York-His Interests in Deer Park.

NEW York, Dec 81 had occasion re-
Gently to visit Stephen B. Eikins, Mr. Blaines
friend found him in his private office on
the ninth floor OF the Washington building
skimming over avoluminous correspondence.
l callci at his house, No. 20 West Fifty
eighth street. in the evening, and was ush-
cred to his library, where found him read
inS. In these two visits saw the bent of his
life Business and literature divide his time.
Mr.. Ekins cannot be called a methodical
man. He has no regular office hours. He Is
great organizer, but leaves the details Of
systematic work TO his subordinates. His
mind is constantly employed in devising
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24
Gard NJ thanka-

If the proprietor Of Kemp's Balsam
should publish card OF thanks, containing
expressions Of gratitude which come to him
daily, from those who have been cured of
severe throat and lung troubles by the use
Of Kemp's Balsam. 1t would fill fair sized
book. How much better to invite oil to
call on T. J. Casper. druggist, Al east Main
street, and get free sample bottle, that
you may test for yourself its power Large
bottles SOC and 81. 90.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

President pro tom Ingalls,, tall, straight
and stately, has left the chair and now 70
clines against the walls of the chamber, as he
talks with a tall, well formed man in white
hair and whiskers Of straw colored silver;
a blue eyed man. and a man with a strikinGly
strong face. His forehead is broad, and his
only sign Of age lies in the color OF his hair.
It is Senator Stewart, of Nevada, the man
who has lost hah dozen fortunes, and made
as many moro, who built the great house
WHICH the Chinese legation now occupies, and
who, in addition to his money, is q strong
thinker, a good speaker and an able senator.
Stewart is now 60 years Old He was born
in New York, attended school at Yale col
lege, dug out gold with pick tx in Nevada,
and made fortune in the Constock lode
He is, / undcrstand, now very well OF, and
he takes tho place OF James G.. Fair, tho
noted millionaire.
Senator .asco. Of Florida, has taken the
scat rear the front aud to the right Of tie
presidents chair on the Democratic side l'e
is reading Tho Congressional Record, sId
Reagan. another OF tho new senator's leins
on his desk as he does Sd. Whero now sit
can only sec Reagan's back, but Pasco's
handsome brunette face is in full vicw His
hair is es black as jet, and it is well combcd
up from a dark, sallow forehead Tho part
shines out very plainly, and, whatever may
be the character Of his speeches, his locks are
decidedly oily. Ho has pair Of gold spec
tacles rocsting on the bridge Of his straight
noso. sad his jaws move slightly as he reads.
He is no. o bad looking man, but no show5
no signs Of his English birth. He was, how
ever, born In London Just ffty-three years
a., l,,s h., u
his own college expenses by teaching school
he went to Florida as q teacher and he comes
back to the north as q senator He comes in
the place of tho lovo sick Jones, and he seems
to be fully the equal Of Jones in mental
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

the next year en-
tered the diplo-
matte service Us Gn
attache ut Athens.
He after ward s
served in the same
capacity at Dres-
den and at Flor
ence, being ap-
pointed in 1876 sec
rotary of legation
at the latter place
and minister in
1858. In Juno Of
tho same year be
WAS made minister